Feeding means for printing machines



June 26, 1928. 1,675,045

J. F. OHMER ET AL FEEDING MEANS FOR PRINTING MACHINES Filed 00 22 1926Fig. 5Q

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THISIS A RECEIPT FOR THE FARE PAID ANDSHOWS TIIE NUMBERS OF THE STATIONSFRDMAND TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RIDE. RETURN THIS RECEIPT T0 CONDUCTOR UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION UNITED RAILWAY FROM-T0 FARE uunwe ISEP 7 25 224 0995 $3.34nc 2566 A TTORNE Y Patented June 26, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT or'irice. v

JOHN F. onivrnn AND ALBERT s. wnnnLBAitenn; or DAYTON,OHIOLASISIGNQRSQTQ onMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FEEDING MnANs'iioR iRINTIliTG MAcHINE's.

, Application filed October 22, 1926. Serial No. 143,324.

. The object of-this invention is to provide an improved feeding meansfor. printing .matter, and is an improvement on that type of machine asshown in the application of iVheelbarger andCoil 65,532, filed October29, 1925. It has occasionally meets with some obstruction and that inprevious devices of this kind the paper ceases to move at its properrate with the result that the machine becomes jammed and inoperative.The object of this invention is to overcome such an objection.

' More specifically, the invention relates to an improved feeding meansin which an electrotype extends partly around a printing drum, whichclectrotype is provided with corrugated extensions which span the gapbetween the sides of the electroplate; Another object of the inventionis to provide means to remove the inking means out of contact with suchcorrugations as the electrotype rotates, so that the corrugated surfaceof the electrotype will not be inked, and will, therefore, not-soilordeface the P 1 i 1 Referring more specifically to the drawings;

Fig. 1 is a trontelevational view of the machine showing a. part of theprinting mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and inaddition shows a part of the actuating mechanism forthe platens, inkingrollers and electrotype.

Fig. 8 is a planview of the ,electroplate before it is curved to. beplaced on the rotating roller which normally supports the same, and

Fig. 1 represents one of the tickets as printed by the machine.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like referencecharacters are used throughout to denote similar parts;

The printing disks 1 are actuated by the operator through handles orfinger pieces 2 mounted on gears 3 rotatably mounted on the shaft 4,which gears 3 mesh with pinions 5 carried by the printing. disks 1. The

printing disks 1 are provided with numerals from zero to nine inclusive,and certain of the wheels are provided with otherxindicia such a namesofthe months and appropri= ateof fare, such as ticket,- commutebeen notedthat'the printed paper tion, etc, asfully described in said application.of Wheelbarger and Coil 65,532.' The printing disks 5 print the lastline appearing on the ticket as represented in Fig. 1,

whichli-ne of printing indicates that the ticket was issued on September7, 1925, from station 224 to station 995. The D between thelast-mentioned numbers indicates that the car was traveling down. Thisletter mighthave been east, west, north, south or other appropriatedesignation to. indicate thedircctioh in which the car was traveling.This line of printing furtherindicates that the passenger handed to theconductor a ticket, which ticket was worth$3.34-, and that 2,566passengers had been carried by that car.

The last line on the ticket is printed by means of a platen 6 carried byan oscillating member 7 actuated by a pitman 8, which has one endconnected with a. gear 9 rotated by a gear 10, which is actuated by theoperating handle 11. i The oscillating member 7 also carries an inkingroller 12 and a platen 13, A ticket strip 14 passes over the platen 6and a record strip (n'otshown) passes over the platen 18. The abovedescribed mechanism serves as a means to cause the ticket strip and therecord strip to be brought into contact with the sai'dprinting wheels '1each time. the operating crankll is prop actuated. After the ticketstrip 1 1 I erly. passes. over the platen 6, it passes between theplaten ,15 and an electroplate 16. platen 15 is mounted on a shaft 17and the electroplate 16jis mounted on a drum- 21 mountedv on theshaft-18. The shafts 17 andzlS are mounted in the sidewalls of themachine and provided with gears 19 and 20 respectively, which gears meshwith and are driven by the gear 9.

The electroplate 16, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with suitable typeto indicate instructions or regulations, or other printed matter, but inthe specific instance shown the printed matter relates to atransportation ticket. This electrotype is provided The with cutawayportions 22, and between said,

cutaway portions 22 are corrugated surfaces 23 of such a length thatwhen the electro- I plate, 16 is curved into the form of a circle andplaced on the drum 21, the corrugated surfaces 23 will extend to theopposite side the ale-straying tie. Witt such a were inked it woulddeface the lower part.

- of the ticket or the last line thereof so that the ticket would bepractically useless, for it would probably be unreadable.

Means have, therefore, been provided to remove the inking roller 24 from.the electroplate when the corrugated surfaces 23 arebeneath the inkingroller 24. Cams25 are carried by the opposite ends of the drum 21, whichcams engage circular plates 26 on opposite sides of the inking roller24, which inking roller .is mounted on a shaft 27 journaled in thesidewalls of the machine. Springs 28 are interposed between the shaft 27and a plate 29 secured to the machine, which springs 28 perform thefunction of urging the shaft 27 and inking roller 24 toward theelectroplate. The cams 25 are in alignment with the corrugated surfaces23 and, therefore, each time the shaft 18 rotates the inking roller 24is moved away from the electroplate 16 by means of the cams 25 andcircular plates 26. This occurs when the corrugated surfaces 23 arebeneath the inking roller 24. i

As shown in the said application of lvheelbarger and Coil 65,532, the,ticket strip after being printed passes knife where the printed portionis severed from r the remainder of the strip and is issued to apassenger. It is a well-known fact that many machines which issuetickets, receipts and the like will become clogged and .in-

V operative if a finger is pressed over the exit of said ticket, whichresults in the ticket not being issued and holding back subse quenttickets which c10 the machine and render it inoperative. it is apparentthat with the improvements indicated in this ap- Obviously,

plication the ticket will at all times be posiinvention broadly inwhatever form it may be embodied. V

-Hav1ng now described our invention, we claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, a

printing means consisting of a drum, an

electrotype, said. electrotype being provided with corrugatedextensions, said electrotype and extensions extending completely aroundsaid drum, an inking means for the type on said electrotype, and meanswhereby said inking means is moved away from said drum when saidextensions are adjacent to said inking means.

2.111 a machine of the class described,

, means whereby a ticket may be printed from two sets of type, one ofsaid sets of type being an electroplate, a drumon which saidelectroplate is mounted, said elect-roplate extending for only a portionofthe circumference of said drum, feeding means interposed on said drumbetween the edgesvof the electroplate, said feeding means completing thecircumferenceof said drum, inking means whereby the type onsaid.electroplate are inked, and means whereby said inkin means arerendered inoperative when said feeding means are adjacent said inkingmeans. a

In .a machine of. the class described, an elect-roplate consisting of a,plate on which are printing type, and corrugated extensions projectingfrom said plate-and forming a part, thereof.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures. i

JOHN F. oHMEB; ALBERT s. WHEELBARGER.

Obviously, many modifications may be of the non-continuoi'i's feecl ofthe ticket 7

